Triple
T22820887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mary Jo Kopechne |
E565225
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entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
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FINISHED |
| Object | Senator George Smathers |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Senator George Smathers | Statement: [Mary Jo Kopechne, employer, Senator George Smathers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Senator George Smathers Context triple: [Mary Jo Kopechne, employer, Senator George Smathers]
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A.
Senator George Smathers
chosen
Senator George Smathers was a mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Senator from Florida known for his close ties to the Kennedy family and his influential role in national politics during the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Henry Nourse
Henry Nourse was a notable bearer of the Nourse surname, recognized for his prominence within the family line.
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C.
Wilbur Mills
Wilbur Mills was a powerful mid-20th-century American congressman who chaired the House Ways and Means Committee and played a central role in shaping U.S. tax and social welfare policy.
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D.
Luther Hodges
Luther Hodges was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as governor of North Carolina and later as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
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E.
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith was a prominent American broadcast journalist and television news anchor known for his work with CBS and ABC during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69e2458426188190b58b8ab4844fe420 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17dcffdd88190a5f9c780c71b5053 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:41 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:33 p.m.